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Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold CBE (21 October 1921 [1] – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. His style is tonal and rejoices in lively rhythms, brilliant ...
Malcolm Arnold fought against alcoholism, mental illness and the music establishment to create an eclectic body of work that embodied his unique artistic vision. “Music is a social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.” So saying, Malcolm Arnold firmly nailed his creative colours to the mast.
Nov 26, 2021 · Soon after, a sergeant found him in a pool of his own blood: Arnold had intentionally shot himself in the foot, forcing a move back to the orchestra. Arnold playing music he had written for the ...
Sep 23, 2016 · Malcolm Arnold was born in 1921 in Northampton, the youngest of five children. His family were proudly upper-middle class, but behind the respectable front not all was well. Shoe manufacture was the family trade, but Malcolm’s father, an emotionally volatile man, had founded a rival firm to his grandfather after a falling out.
Malcolm Arnold’s music has – and continues to be – performed and recorded extensively by leading orchestras both nationally and internationally. His belief in contemporary music led him to be an influential advocate for Pierre Boulez’s entry into British musical life. Special musical tributes took place 2006 to mark Malcolm Arnold's ...
The Malcolm Arnold Festival is now in its 14th year. This year the Fifth Symphony will appear at the Proms. Speaking of that Symphony’s hostile reception, the composer and scholar Anthony Hopkins perfectly encapsulated the bizarre paradox of Arnold’s reputation, pointing out that “What is regarded as forgivable or even totally loveable in Mahler seems open to condemnation in Arnold’s ...
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Apr 25, 2020 · By Phillip Hunt (Lef A Vrest – Voice of Brass) (Photo: courtesy Malcolm Arnold Estate) (1921 – 2006) Born: Northampton / lived in Cornwall. “Happy but not idyllic – there’s nothing idyllic about writing music and bringing up a family”. That was how Malcolm Arnold described the years between 1965 and 1972 when, with his second wife ...
